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Question on Patterns

I am looking at the "Paper a Day Challenge" thread. How do people get those images (like the paisley design) on there paper? I want to do the challenge a day but I am puzzeled about how thats done.
Help?????

Have you tried the tutorials section? It is full of video's and step-by-step instructions for starting designers. Making patterns for instance (this one is for polkadots, but if you find or draw a paisley pattern, this should work as well), or making ledger paper. Or start with one of Marisa's pattern overlay files and finish it off with some texture. Have fun!

Nikki, I know for my part I'm using Photoshop, and I use brushes (.abr files) that I download for free to form the basis of my patterns. There should be tutorials in the tutorials section on how to use brushes. I just google for whatever I'm looking for - like "free photoshop paisley brush" - and there are tons of super generous artists and designers who have posted stuff for people to download and use. Hope that helps!

There are quite a few ways of doing this. The past few years I have been making mine with a simple cut and paste method, blending in the edges as I went. It used to take me hours to finish an A4 page if I wanted a small pattern! If you want large and small images in an irregular pattern then this method is good for that. For regular patterns the tutorials make it so easy!